Arkansas man enters guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter

NEW MADRID -- A Jonesboro, Ark., man will spend 15 years in prison after entering a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter.

Eric Dashawn Wilbourn, 20, entered the guilty plea before Judge Fred Copeland Tuesday on the amended charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Wilbourn was charged in the May 29, 2010, shooting death of Al Jones in Pemiscot County.

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